Current Board of Directors
[*The UrbanArt Commission is an independent 501(c)3 non-profit organization. It's Board of Directors sets its operating policies, organization by-laws, guides private fundraising efforts, and determines its annual operating budget.]
Doug Carpenter, Doug Carpenter, Inc.
Darrell Cobbins, Universal Commercial
Robert Fogelman, Fogelman Investment Company
Mott Ford, Commercial Bank and Trust
Mary Jane Fuller, The Hobson Company
Leslie Gower, Center City Commission
Kristi Jernigan, Founder, Honorary Member
Krystal Johnson, Krysalis Memphis Lawyers for the Arts
Dan T. Keel, Cardinal Wealth Advisory
Mary Lowery, Memphis City Schools
Jerome Makowsky, Penn Investors
Marina Pacini, Brooks Museum of Art
Beverly Perkins, Memphis Light, Gas, & Water
Biggs Powell, Biggs Powell Interior Design & Antiques
Joelle Rogin, The Metropolitan Bank
Nichole Scarboro, Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering
Kevin Sharp, Dixon Gallery & Gardens
Charles Shipp, Charles Shipp Architects
Kim Williams, Memphis College of Art
Jason Yarbro, Honorary Member, Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens, Canada
Current Public Art Oversight Committee Members
[*The Public Art Oversight Committee (PAOC) is a supervisory group mandated by the City of Memphis responsible for approving all City of Memphis 'Percent for Art' projects. The PAOC reviews City of Memphis projects only, and not any of the other UrbanArt projects affiliated with Memphis City Schools, the Memphis Area Transit Authority, nor projects commissioned from private developers, patrons, or community groups.]
Councilman Shea Flinn, City of Memphis
Erin Harmon, Rhodes College
Marina Pacini, Brooks Museum of Art
Beverly Perkins, Memphis Light, Gas, & Water
Marc Willis, Omni Schools
Sandra Burke, Global Consulting Group
Mary Jane Fuller, The Hobson Company
Mel Scheuerman, City of Memphis (non-voting advisor)
Staff
John Weeden, Executive Director
jweeden@urbanartcommission.org
John Weeden received his BA in Art History from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1997. He completed an MA in Contemporary Art at the Sotheby's Institute of Art, London, after which he finished another MA degree with the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College in New York state. He has worked in London, Paris, New York, Scotland and Memphis in the field of contemporary visual art, including Delta Axis and the Memphis Brooks Museum. He has also organized numerous freelance exhibitions locally and internationally. Among the museum catalogues to which he has contributed writing or production assistance are 'Les annees pop,' Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2001, and 'Highlights of the Brooks Museum,' Memphis, 2004. In 2004 he founded Lantana Projects, an international artists’ residency program in Memphis, TN. Weeden worked towards the cultivation of future leaders in the arts as Assistant Director of the Rhodes College Center for Outreach in the Development of the Arts (CODA) from 2005-2008. As Executive Director of the UrbanArt Commission, Weeden currently works to advance the practice of public art in Memphis.
Rodney Coleman, Projects Manager
rcoleman@urbanartcommission.org
A Midtown Memphis native and graduate of Central High School, Rodney works with UrbanArt as a freelance project coordinator, bringing several years of project management experience to the role. Rodney began his non-profit career during his studies at the University of Memphis. As a student of Professor David Acey, he was a key contributor during the early stages of the Africa in April Festival, and established processes and procedures, which lent to the great success it has become today. He was one of the founders, and former president, of the Hollywood-Chelsea Business Development Corporation, and has worked with other non-profit organizations such as MIFA, the Salvation Army, Memphis Junior Health Careers and Opportunities, and the American Red Cross. Rodney loves the rich and diverse heritage of our community, and strives to make Memphis an amazing place with public art and design.
Whitney Ranson, Office Administrator
info@urbanartcommission.org
A graduate of Rhodes College with a major in Studio Art, Whitney worked first as a volunteer with UrbanArt for a year before being brought on in a formal capacity. Currently, she coordinates research, billing, and administrative activities, including guiding the efforts of student and community volunteers.